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Re:New Model Warns About Crispr Gene Drives in the Wild by djsumdog on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:32PM (#15929496)
From some of the papers I've read, the necessary tech seems to be way cheaper; like <$50k USD. That's the truly frightening thing. Once scientist even wanted to make home CRISPR kits available so individuals could study the effects on bacteria and yeast:

https://newatlas.com/home-crispr-gene-editing-kit/40362/

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Re:New Model Warns About Crispr Gene Drives in the Wild by blacksmith_tb on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:55PM (#15929576)
Too late: http://www.the-odin.com/diy-crispr-kit/
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Re:New Model Warns About Crispr Gene Drives in the Wild by taneq on Friday December 15, 2017 @02:21AM (#15930196)
So were basically at the point now with genetic engineering that we were at with nuclear weapons in The Sum of All Fears. It still amazes me that no-one's built a successful non-state-aligned nuclear weapon yet.
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Re:New Model Warns About Crispr Gene Drives in the Wild by tzahola on Friday December 15, 2017 @03:39AM (#15930456)
The blueprints are out there, it’s the weapons-grade fissile material that’s hard to come by ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Re:New Model Warns About Crispr Gene Drives in the Wild by littlestymaar on Friday December 15, 2017 @09:47AM (#15932154)
Fortunately the weapons-grade biological material is hard to come too. Oh, wait …
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